Men's Outdoor Track & Field

Merkel leads way in opener

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – Peter Merkel (Ellicott City, Md./Homeschool) placed seventh in the 3,000 to lead McDaniel at the Battleground Relays hosted by Mary Washington in season-opening women's outdoor track and field action on Friday and Saturday.

Merkel finished the Friday event in a time of 9:37.47, ranking sixth on the program's all-time list, to pace the Green Terror at the non-scoring meet. On Saturday, he finished 17th in the 1,500 with a time of 4:25.92.

Gary Smith finished sixth in the 110 hurdles with a Centennial Conference (CC)-qualifying time of 17.57 seconds in the finals, bettering his prelims time by 1.06 seconds.